Nathan Fillion takes on the Joss Whedon universe

“Joss Whedon has it all planned out,” says Fillion. “He knows before it starts.” “Joss has a very pleasant way of saying ‘No, that idea sucks,’” says Fillion. “Joss will say something along the lines of ‘Yeah, or…” and then say something genius. “When Adam’s [Baldwin] there, it’s just easy,” says Fillion. “He makes it a joy to work with him.” “My favorite job ever has been Firefly,” says Fillion, who gave a shout to Done the Impossible Documentarian Brian Wiser in the audience. “It’s still… It’s really important to me. “War Stories” is a favorite episode. He had to learn to talk through getting electrocuted. When they finally put him on the board, his head was hitting the back of it and he ended up with two bruises. “Worth it!” says Fillion. Alan Tudyk is a great actor. Fillion learned to fake eat during Firefly. One episode, the crew is eating steaks as part of the story line. When lunch is called, Fillion looked at Baldwin, shrugged, and they both started eating the steaks in front of them. “For fleeting moments, this would feel like home,” says Fillion. Eating steaks on the set with Adam Baldwin was one of those moments. He canvas pants he wore had no stretch to them. There were three occasions when they split on Fillion. Once when he bent down to pick up a woman as part of the episode, once when he went to sit on a rock in the desert, and once for no reason – he was just standing there. “I tried to chicken out,” says Fillion about Much Ado About Nothing. Whedon called Fillion up and asked, “Hey do you want to do…” “Yes!” said Fillion. “…Shakespeare?” finished Whedon. “Totes. That’ll be… easy?” said Fillion. Everything worked out all right. Tom Hiddleston said that he loved Fillion’s Dogberry. “When English people like your Shakespeare…” says Fillion.